City Councilman Glynn Hines, D-6th, will give his annual State of the 6th District speech on Saturday, March 17, at Link’s Wonderland, 1711 E. Creighton Ave. The 2018 briefing will begin at 9 a.m. with breakfast, followed by the speech at 10 a.m.
The address will focus on the improvements ...

Now you can view images of your favorite Indiana parks and trails on Google Maps. The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department has collected images of local trails and pathways in partnership with Google Maps. In 2016, the Indiana Parks and Recreation Association (IPRA) partnered with Google ...

LAWRENCE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a man who walked into a suburban Indianapolis tax preparation shop with a gun in each hand was fatally shot by a company employee.
Police in Lawrence say 25-year-old Antonio Bertram, of Indianapolis, said "What's up?" before he was shot around midday ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The city of South Bend has agreed to pay a man $15,000 to end a federal lawsuit alleging that a police officer used excessive force while arresting him during a 2014 traffic stop.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of Thomas Stevens alleges that Stevens became concerned of ...

When David Miller and eight other relatives of homicide victims visited The News-Sentinel newsroom several weeks ago, they were united by their grief, their anger and their mission: to find and punish the killers.
When the resulting "Flip This City" group demanded Allen County Prosecutor ...

There could soon be a lot more artwork of all sorts scattered throughout town thanks to a new program unveiled Thursday.
An ordinance will be introduced at Tuesday's City Council meeting calling for the creation of the Public Art Program to be overseen by a 13-member volunteer commission made ...

The downtown Improvement District will once again offer its Winter-Spring events contest which invites businesses, organizations, and individuals to submit their best ideas for events in February, March, or April 2019 for a chance to receive production support. Winning events will be awarded ...

WINCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against a county after a resident was ordered to remove a sign from her yard expressing opposition of an elected official.
Betty Ashley of Winchester has had a sign in her front yard for the past ...

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) — The man charged with killing a central Indiana sheriff's deputy says he fired the shots because he didn't want to be bit by the officer's dog and that he had "no remorse" for his actions.
Twenty-one-year-old Anthony Baumgardt made the comments to reporters Wednesday as ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new bill aims to remedy Indiana's teaching shortage by allowing public schools to fill up to 10 percent of their teaching staff with unlicensed teachers.
The bill passed the Senate on a 35-12 vote and cleared the House 66-29. It was modified since it passed the Senate. ...

Local businessman Tom Kelley saw a one-time opportunity coming and took it — and as a result he and the founder of the Menards stores are planning an investment of about $60 million investment that will create a new auto-dealership hub in Fort Wayne.
Kelley, president of the Kelley ...

C-SPAN announced today that Vonnia Anwar, a student at Canterbury Middle School, has won an honorable mention prize in C-SPAN's national 2018 StudentCam competition. She will receive $250 for her documentary, "Branching into New Medicine," about embryonic stem cell research. You can see the ...

In Indiana, one of the greatest sports legends is the Milan Miracle — the David-and-Goliath matchup between tiny Milan High School and the giant Muncie Central Bearcats in the Indiana High School state championship basketball game in 1954. The Milan victory became the basis for the classic ...

The late Hilliard Gates, known in Fort Wayne and beyond for his play-by-play of Indiana high school basketball and more, will be among the 2018 inductees into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.
Gates, who moved to Fort Wayne to work with WOWO/WGL in 1940, was Indiana Sportscaster of the Year ...

Online purchase scams are now the riskiest form of consumer fraud, according to a new report from the Better Business Bureau. In 2017, consumers reported more than 47,000 scams to BBB Scam Tracker BBB analyzed this information using its unique BBB Scam Risk Index to determine the riskiest scams ...

Fort Wayne Police are investigating a stabbing at a Fort Wayne business on Tuesday.
Police were called to REA Magnet Wire, 4300 New Haven Ave., on Tuesday afternoon after an altercation between two employees led to one allegedly stabbing the other. The victim, an adult male, was transported ...

Confirming a story first reported by The News-Sentinel in January, the Byron Health Center has asked the city's Board of Zoning Appeals to move from its 12101 Lima Road site to 15 acres at Lake Avenue and Beacon Street it plans to buy from Crossroad Child & Family Services.
Byron serves ...